Hillside Middle School

Patrick O’Neil, a teacher at Hillside Middle School in Manchester, reads to a group of youngsters, during the BRING IT Summer Reading & Arts Program in Manchester on Thursday. BRING IT is a free summer program, which provides reading support, sports activities and arts and crafts each Tuesday and Wednesday from 4 to 6 p.m. at Pulaski Park in Manchester. The summer program is a branch of the full program that runs September-May on Tuesday/Wednesday nights from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Hillside Middle School. The program is open to all Manchester students grades 4-12. About 450 students participate each year.